Patents by Inventor Siddharth Krishna Kumar

Siddharth Krishna Kumar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus to perform a function level reset in a memory controller
    Patent number: 11119691
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to perform a function level reset in a memory controller, in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a storage controller circuit configured to receive a function reset indicator from a host device, the function reset indicator identifying a selected storage controller function executing at a storage controller of the apparatus. The circuit may abort each command associated with the selected function and pending at the apparatus based on the function reset indicator, verify that no commands associated with the selected function remain pending at the apparatus, and clear registers associated with the selected function based on the determination that no commands associated with the selected function remain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shashank Nemawarkar, Balakrishnan Sundararaman, Chris Randall Stone, Charles Edward Peet, Allen Vestal, Siddharth Krishna Kumar
  • Method and apparatus to perform a function level reset in a memory controller
    Patent number: 10572180
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to perform a function level reset in a memory controller, in accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a storage controller circuit configured to receive a function reset indicator from a host device, the function reset indicator identifying a selected storage controller function executing at a storage controller of the apparatus. The circuit may abort each command associated with the selected function and pending at the apparatus based on the function reset indicator, verify that no commands associated with the selected function remain pending at the apparatus, and clear registers associated with the selected function based on the determination that no commands associated with the selected function remain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shashank Nemawarkar, Balakrishnan Sundararaman, Chris Randall Stone, Charles Edward Peet, Allen Vestal, Siddharth Krishna Kumar